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Difference: DBA & oinstall Groups

Here i tried to highlight some differences between DBA and oinstall groups
dba – This group identifies operating system user accounts that have database administrative privileges (the SYSDBA privilege).
oinstall – This group owns the Oracle Inventory, which is a catalog of all Oracle software installed on the system